Austin vs Scottsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Austin and Scottsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Austin and Scottsburg are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Scottsburg has the higher population (7,338 vs 3,588 in Austin). Scottsburg has the higher median household income ($38,027 vs $30,473 in Austin). Scottsburg has the higher median home value ($123,900 vs $88,000 in Austin).

Population, income & housing

	Austin	Scottsburg
Population	3,588	7,338
Median age	45.2 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$30,473	$38,027
Median home value	$88,000	$123,900
Median gross rent	$698	$786
Housing units	2,076	3,475
Homeownership rate	64.8%	54.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Austin	Scottsburg
Population	3,725 → 3,588 (-3.7%)	6,702 → 7,338 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$34,163 → $30,473 (-10.8%)	$42,064 → $38,027 (-9.6%)
Median home value	$72,100 → $88,000 (+22.1%)	$101,200 → $123,900 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$787 → $698 (-11.3%)	$814 → $786 (-3.4%)

Austin

Population

3,7253,588

Median household income

$34,163$30,473

Median home value

$72,100$88,000

Median gross rent

$787$698

Scottsburg

Population

6,7027,338

Median household income

$42,064$38,027

Median home value

$101,200$123,900

Median gross rent

$814$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Austin	Scottsburg
Under 5	5.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	11.5%	16.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	13.4%	17.3%
35 to 44	9.9%	11.4%
45 to 54	15.2%	10.4%
55 to 64	18.1%	11.1%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.1%
75 and over	5.4%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Austin	Scottsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.9%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Austin	Scottsburg
No high school diploma	13.2%	18.0%
High school graduate	52.8%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Austin	Scottsburg
Drove alone	84.1%	86.8%
Carpooled	11.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Austin	Scottsburg
1-unit, detached	71.5%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	10.5%
20 or more units	1.2%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Austin	Scottsburg
Poverty rate	18.0%	24.0%
Average household size	2.06	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1972	1983